Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A reformatted edition was published in 2011 by Hachette India in arrangement with Black Kite (an imprint of Permanent Black)"--Title page verso "This is a shortened and slightly amended version of the book by Partha Chatterjee titled A princely impostor? the Kumar of Bhawal and the secret history of Indian Nationalism (Princeton University Press and Permanent Black, 2002). "A reformatted edition was published in 2011 by Hachette India in arrangement with Black Kite (an imprint of Permanent Black)"--Title page verso